Improvement in machines for constructing hand-rakes



N. B. HOLG'0MB. Machine for Constructing Hand-Rakes.

No. 203,732. Patenfed May 14,1878.

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NORTON B. HOLOOMB, OF GENEVA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES-FOR CONSTRUCTING H'AND-RAKES.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 203,732, dated May 14,1878; application filed March 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORTON B. HOLCOMB, of the village of Geneva, countyof Ashtabula, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for (Jonstructing Hand-Rakes, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing.

The object of my invention is to rapidly put together the head, bows,and handle of hand'rakes.

The machine is illustrated in detail in the perspective view'in thedrawing.

A is the form for receiving bows and handle of the rake. B is thehead-block for receiving the head of the rake. O is a faceplate, ofiron, with funnel-shaped openings on the side next the form A, toreceive the bows and guide them into the holes in the head of the rake.K is a groove between head-block B and face-plate G to receive therake-head. D D are elbows, by which the head is drawn on. E E are ironrods, with nuts outside the tail-block F, for adjusting the position ofthe head-block B as variations in the form of the head are required.

G is the lever by which the elbows D D are operated in drawing on therake-head. H is a lever for operating the bow-hooks t i.

The rake-handle, with the bows, is placed in the form A and lever Hforced downward, and the bows drawn into their places by hooks i? 'ioperated thereby, and held firmly by springlatch L until lever G ispressed down, moving along the face of a cam-lever, 9, connected withlatch L, and thereby moving the latch and liberating lever H. Hooks 'i'i are thereupon thrown upward by springs acting under the barconnecting the hooks at their lower ends, leaving the rake free to betaken out of the form. r

The elbows D D may be fastened at either end by a hinge or staple.

By taking out the two screws and hooks ii the top half of the form A maybe removed and replaced by another form of different size andproportions for the purpose of making a variety of forms of rakes. Plate0 may be taken off and another plate substituted to correspond with theform used.

Lever G may be raised by aweight suspended by a cord attached to thelever, passing over pulleys on the under side of the table of themachine.

A movable plate, J, is used between form A and plate 0 to assist inguiding the bows into the funnel-openings in plate 0.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the form A, head-block B,face-plate G, elbows D D,'rods E E, levers G and H, hooks i t, movableplate J, latch L, and cam-lever g, constructed, combined, arranged, andoperated substantially as described in the foregoing specification.

NORTON B. HOLCOMB.

Witnesses:

DENNIs THORP, WM. M. EATON.

